Now, from here it starts to get a bit more complicated. My mother’s line, which I documented in years past, is much easier (for reasons I’ll eventually get into) so I’ve decided to begin there. My mother’s parents were Robert Alexander Lamond and Sarah May Brady, so I next looked for cousins who shared those lines. Robert had siblings and voila! The granddaughter of one of those siblings was a match! And so was the grandson of another sibling! That was pretty easy.
Now for the Brady line. Sarah Brady also had siblings, but it appears that none of their grandchildren have done DNA tests, yet. So I have to go back another generation on that line to be sure. Sarah’s parents were James Thomas Brady and Annie Dougan. Both had siblings. James’ siblings ALSO appear not to have descendants who have tested. So I turned to Annie Dougan’s siblings. Here I had better luck – Annie’s sister Margaret had descendants who tested, and one of them was a known 4th cousin once removed! Whew! I also discovered a new cousin on this line – a third cousin twice removed – the gr-gr-grandson of Margaret’s son Frank Niles! I also found several known cousins of Annie’s sister Janet, who married Thomas Chew. So, the Dougan line is also nailed down! This proves that Sarah was, at the very least, her mother’s daughter.
So, on my direct line, I am my mother’s and father’s daughter, my mother is HER mother’s and father’s daughter, and HER mother is at least her mother’s daughter. To prove that James Thomas Brady was her father, either his siblings or his aunts/uncles would have to have children who have also tested, but that does not appear to be the case. Maybe when I get the results back from my LivingDNA test, which is very popular in Great Britain, I will find matches on his line there. We shall see…
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